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ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

Falcon HeavySpaceXLaunch Complex 39A
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · 02:13 PM UTC
Mission brief

The mission

The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.

PayloadViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
OrbitGTO
CustomerSpaceX
Stages3
PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WeatherThick Cloud Layers Rule, temperature not reported
Flight plan

Mission timeline

22 / 22100%
The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
28.608°N
Longitude
80.604°W

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

85%
Go
Favorable1 active constraints
Weather rules
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Primary concern
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Rule count
1
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

02:13 PM UTC – 03:38 PM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

Profile →
Height70 m
LEO Payload63,800 kg
Launches705
Successes690
Provider

USA • Founded 2002

Reliability

Schedule history

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.